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Dean Elmore’s New Plan
Last night I went to a student-based gathering at Boston’s House of Blues. The event was organized by the Dean of Students, Kenneth Elmore, and the Executive Director of Student …
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“The People Speak” Tour Unites Actors and Activism at Tsai
“What happens to make [entertainment and politics] a more common crossover is that it’s all about this: Can you fill a room?”
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Thanksgiving: The American Holiday Started by Starving Men in Funny Hats
Today people associate the Pilgrims of Plymouth with the image of America (like baseball and apple-pie). Little children in grade school learn about the Pilgrims as the first people to …
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Ultra High Def Video Expected to Replace HDTV As Early As 2017
Keeping up with the popular trend of technology moving outlandishly fast, analysts over at In-Stat have gone ahead and announced that the days of HDTV are most likely numbered, as …
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Ben Gibbard’s Next “Big” Thing
In the past couple months, Death Cab for Cutie’s Ben Gibbard has managed to marry indie actress Zooey Deschanel, and put out a new musical project with Son Volt’s Jay …
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Tale of Tales’s Beautifully-Made “The Graveyard” Available For Free Today Only
Video games often come under extreme criticism for lacking the artistic and intelligent ambitions that literature or film can bring to a narrative. The reality is actually that such games do …
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Um, What the Hell?
I thought we’d reached the worst when CTA Digital released a bowling ball peripheral for the Nintendo Wii but apparently, that was just to brace us for what was yet …
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Beer Me: The Beer in Your Hand Matters
As if there wasn’t enough to worry about when going out on the weekends. According to an article on Adage.com, studies have shown that beer preferences have a correlation to …
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Fusion in its own Element
Since 1993, BU hip hop crew Fusion has been bringing their own mix of modern dance-styles to the student body. Now, with the 10th anniversary of their home-grown competition Elements …
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The Benefits Brought On By Internet Freedom
Do the consequences of letting students perform private activity on their university-provided network outweigh the alternative: network monitoring? It’s an ongoing debate I had mostly shied away from, not because …
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Men’s Soccer: Late-Season Implosion
Article by Josh Mellits and Brian Roach After posting a 9-2-3 record through its first 14 games, including a five-game unbeaten streak featuring wins over No. 1 teams, the men’s …
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‘Tear Down This Wall’: A 20th Anniversary Retrospective
November 9th will see the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Last week I spoke with Jonathan Zatlin, a BU associate professor, about how The Wall fell …
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